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posted by martyb on Monday August 20 2018, @12:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the need-to-add-some-dits-to-do-morse-code dept.

Saint Louis University is placing 2,300 Echo Dots in student living spaces

Saint Louis University has announced that it will be placing Amazon Echo Dot devices, powered by Alexa for Business, in every student residence hall room or student apartment on campus. While other colleges, like Arizona State University, have put Echo Dots in student housing before, SLU says this is the first time a college will equip every student living space with an Amazon Alexa-enabled device.

[...] In regards to privacy concerns, SLU says that because it is using the Amazon Alexa for Business platform, every Echo Dot is managed by a central system that is not tied to any individual accounts. No personal information will be collected so all use is anonymous. The Echo Dots will also not keep any recordings of questions that are asked. If a student wants to opt out of using the Echo Dot given to them, they can simply store it, unplugged, and turn it in at the end of the school year.

Also at Engadget.


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  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday August 20 2018, @04:09PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Monday August 20 2018, @04:09PM (#723809) Journal

    See, I was thinking "They're *giving* each student an Alexa? Then they won't mind if the students smash *their* Alexa device with a sledgehammer, right?"

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